Casting for the new JJ Abrams Star Trek Movie

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Hey all…

So I don’t know if anybody follows movie casting at all… But the news on the internet seems to be that JJ Abrams‘ new Star Trek movie project is going to be populated by an interesting cast…

• James T Kirk – Chris Pine
• Sulu – John Cho
• McCoy – Karl Urban
• Spock – Zachary Quinto
• Scotty – Simon Pegg
• Uhura – Zoë Saldana
• Checkov – Anton Yelchin

To say that this is a unique cast would be an understatement. I’m excited about Pegg & Cho as Scotty & Sulu… Don’t know Yelchin or Saldana… Zachary Quinto is great as the evil Sylar in Heroes… And I can’t say I’ve ever seen Chris Pine. So it’s a mixed bag.

But JJ Abrams has done interesting things in the past. MI:3 was the last movie I saw of his and it could’ve been renamed “Run Tom (Cruise), Run!” because that’s pretty much all Tom’s character did. But I liked the first season or two of Alias, so maybe this will work out.

Anyway… That’s it for now. Until next time… Boldly go where no one has gone before!

–Fitz